Curtain confiner



March 18, 1936. c, RQGES 1,759,815

` CURTMN CONFINEP Filed May 28, 1929 Patented Mar; 1s, 1930 UNITEDSTATES-- CATHERINE ROGEBSOF TAUNTON, ILBSACHUSETTS courant cannula'appunti and any as, 199e. sensi lo. seam.

The object of this invention is to provide means for confining a portionof a shirred curtain in a predetermined position relative to a windowwith which the curtain is assol ciated, whether the curtain be of fulllength and is secured tothe upper end of the casing and formed to dependtherefrom to the lower end,'or is a semi-curtain or overdrape, securedat its upper edge to the upper end of the casforming a part of thisspecication,-

Figure 1 is a side view of a window provide' ed with two full lengthcurtains and a semicurta-in or overdrape, and confining means for eachof said curtams. Figure 2 is a side view of the coniiner associated withthe full length curtains shown by Figure 1. Figure 3 isa section' online 3*-3 of Figure 1. f Figure 4 is a section on line 4--4 of FigureFigure 5 is a section on line 5-4-5 ci Figure 2;

Figure 6 is' a section on line 6-6 of Figure 2. Y

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the hinge socket member hereinafterdescribed.

Figure 8 is a perspective View of the impaling rod hereinafterdescribed, and the hinge pintle-member thereon.

Figure 9 shows inperspective an enlargement of a portion of theoverdrape shown o by Figure 1, and one of the conners associatedtherewith.

Figure 10 is a section on line 10--10 of v Figure 9.

Figure 11 is an enlargement of a portion of Figure 10.

adjunct fora full length Figure 12 is a fragmentary sectional viewsimilar to a portion of' Figure 10, showing a modification.

Figure 13 isa sectional view, showing another modification.

AThe same reference characters indicate the same parts in all ofthefigures.

I will first describethe confiner associated with a full len h curtainand shown by Figures 1 to 8 inc usive.

12 designates a full length curtain which may be a member of a pair ofcurtains shown by Figure 1, each curtain being attached. at its upperend inany suitable manner to the top cfa window casmgll, and formed toextend to the bottom of t e casing, each curtain and the coninerassociatedtherewith being similar in all essential respects to theother,. so that 'a description of one will suiiice.

l The .coniiner in this embodiment of the invention is adapted to holdthe curtain either in the position shown at the left, or ,thatshown atthe rightin Figure 1 thelower portion of the curtain in one case hanginbeside the lower portion of the window, an in the 7 other case,removed'from ythe window and .v hanging beside the lower portion ofthecasing and an adjacent portion of the wall.

lTheconfiner comprises a rod'14, adapted to be inserted in or thrustthrough the folds 12a constituting a shirred portion of the curtain 12,as shown by Figures 3, 5, and 6, the rod having at its outer end apenetrating point 14 (Figure 6) and a stop 15 detachably se- 8o cured tothe pointedend'portion and adapted v to prevent an end fold of thecurtain from slipping from the outer end of the rod, the stop 15 beingpreferably a nut engaged with a screw-three on'the pointed end portion.85 The opposite'end of the rod is provided with a hinge pintle memberadapted to turn in a hinge socket member fixed tothe casing, so that theconfiner and curtain may be adjusted to partly cover the lower portionof 90.

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CATHERINE ROGERS.

